REGIONAL • INDIC ATIVE STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PL AN Access to Safe Food: The objective in this focus area • is to improve access to safe food; • Nutritional Value of Food Consumed: With respect to • • Sustainable management and utilisation of farm animal genetic resources; • Promoting the development of mariculture and aquaculture; nutritional value of food consumed, the objective is to improve the nutritional value of food and minimize 7 1 • Promoting access to appropriate technologies for food losses; handling, processing and conservation of fish by Disaster-induced Emergencies: Regarding disaster- artisan fishermen. induced food emergencies, the objective is to In collaboration with relevant Directorates, the improve forecasting, prevention, mitigation and second set of strategies pertain to the promotion of trade recovery from adverse effects of natural disasters; in food and non-food agricultural products and enhancing Institutional Framework: The objective here is to advocacy for fair trade practices in agriculture as follows:- strengthen the institutional framework and build • capacity for implementing food security programmes in the in the SADC region. 4.12.4 Strategies Improving rural infrastructure network particularly roads and markets; • Removing trade barriers to agricultural products; • Encouraging public and private investments in agriculture; • Strengthen farmer support services and farmers associations; and Food Availability The main strategies to increase production, productivity • Encouraging partnerships between commercial and small-scale producers in agriculture. and profitability of crop, livestock and fisheries taking into account comparative advantages, will be through:-. • Promoting farmers access to key agricultural inputs such as, improved see, fertiliser and credit; • Promoting efficient irrigation systems; • Improvement of soil fertility through appropriate technologies; • • • • • reform programmes by 2005/6; Target 2: Double cropland under irrigation from 3.5% to 7% as percentage of the total by 2015; Target 3: Increase fertilizer consumption from 44.6 agricultural production systems; kilograms per hectare of arable land to 65 kilograms Protecting the environment and promoting sustain- per hectare of arable land by 2015 (world average is able use and management of natural resources, 98.8 Kg/ha); including Land, Fisheries, Forestry, and Wildlife; Target 4: Increase cereal yield in kilograms per Strengthening research-farmer-extension linkages to hectare from an average of 1,392 during to 2,000 facilitate dissemination and adoption of technologies (world average) by 2015; (including biotechnology) to farmers and other stake- Target 5: Double the adoption rate of proven holders; technologies such as improved seed varieties, Empowering women and small-scale farmers to have management of water and land, by 2015; access to key productive resources including land, Target 6: Reduce the incidences of transboundary credit and training; animal diseases (TADs) in particular Foot and Mouth Promoting labour saving agricultural support sysEncouraging the involvement of commercial or largescale farmers in food crop production through appropriate policies; • Target 1: Establish a technical facility to support land Promoting diversification and intensification of tems and technologies for farmers; • TARGETS Prevention and progressive control of trans-boundary animal diseases; Disease by half in 2015 with the ultimate objective of elimination; Target 7: Increase livestock production by at least 4% annually; and Target 8: Adherence to SPS Measures and standards in line with WTO Agreements.